President Donald Trump watches as Stephen Moore, an informal economic adviser of his, discusses large charts in the Oval Office on Thursday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

By Jacob Bogage

President Donald Trump had just named a new nominee to the board of the Federal Reserve and imposed hundreds of billions of dollars in new import taxes when he quickly summoned the White House press pool Thursday for what was described as an urgent economic announcement. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

But in the Oval Office, the president stood with an easel, poster-sized charts and longtime conservative economist Stephen Moore, an informal Trump adviser. PAID PROMOTED STORIES

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